uneven as hell, sometimes aesthetically gorgeous but other times bland, sometimes powerful and evocative and other times cringe worthy, performances (and the music) here range from riveting to whatever (my dude Hov does NOT want to be here lmao), ultimately it just ends up feeling bogged down by Disney and the stupid fucking Lion King integration but the best moments here are good enough to make it somewhat worth it. hell of a disappointment coming off of Lemonade. i can’t…

halfway there to being a legitimately fantastic reckoning with morality, the back half is surprisingly great and the ending is emotionally potent, with a wonderful tear jerker to round most of it off. but even then the first half isn’t great, a number of gags here suck, including a terrible brownface Rob Schneider, and it never quite lives up to the concept’s potential but not for lack of trying. this is a good movie nonetheless, for a mainstream comedy it’s…